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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copy Available From: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, Washington, DC 
20549-0213.

Extension:
    Form N-14; SEC File No. 270-297; OMB Control No. 3235-0336

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') has submitted to the Office of Management 
and Budget requests for extension of the previously approved collection 
of information discussed below.
    Form N-14 (17 CFR 239.23) is used by investment companies 
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et 
seq.) (``Investment Company Act'') and business development companies 
as defined by Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act to 
register securities under the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et 
seq.) to be issued in business combination transactions specified in 
rule 145(a) (17 CFR 230.145(a)) and exchange offers. The securities are 
registered under the Securities Act to ensure that investors receive 
the material information necessary to evaluate securities issued in 
business combination transactions. The Commission staff reviews 
registration statements on Form N-14 for the adequacy and accuracy of 
the disclosure contained therein. Without Form N-14, the Commission 
would be unable to verify compliance with securities law requirements. 
The respondents to the collection of information are investment 
companies or business development companies issuing securities in 
business combination transactions. The estimated number of responses is 
375 and the collection occurs only when a merger or other business 
combination is planned. The estimated total annual reporting burden of 
the collection of information is approximately 620 hours per response 
for a new registration statement, and approximately 350 hours per 
response for an amended Form N-14, for a total of 196,050 annual burden 
hours. Providing the information on Form N-14 is mandatory. Responses 
will not be kept confidential. Estimates of the burden hours are made 
solely for the purposes of the Paperwork Reduction Act, and are not 
derived from a comprehensive or even a representative survey or study 
of the costs of SEC rules and forms.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required 
to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a 
currently valid OMB control number.
    Please direct general comments regarding the above information to 
the following persons: (i) Desk Officer for the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10102, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or e-mail to: 
Alexander_T._Hunt@omb.eop.gov; and (ii) R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information 

Officer, Securities and Exchange Commission, C/O Shirley Martinson, 
6432 General Green Way, Alexandria, VA 22312; or send an e-mail to: 
PRA_Mailbox@sec.gov. Comments must be submitted to OMB within 30 days 

of this notice.

    Dated: November 19, 2007.
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-22980 Filed 11-26-07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8011-01-P
